Shoe-heel fastener.



H. VAHWIG L F. CALDWELL.

SHOE -HEEL FASTENER.

APFLICATION FILED APR.30.1918.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919* www3@ 61H0: HUIS heel fasteners, and has for its object to said plete consisting of :t portion' i whi'n portion 6 extending bevond. the

, beyond the 55 The -construction ,jnstdescribed is d HARRY VMGWX'G AWE! silos-'nnen To all whom t may concer/ie: Be it known that We, HARRY Vsmvs and FRANK CALDWELL, citizens `rof the United States, and residents of Cincinnati, in the 5 county of Hamilton and. Sts-te of Cdhio. have invented certain new and nseinfi Iii-nprovements in Shoe-Heel Fasteners? of which the following is e specicetion.

Our invention is en improvement in shoe nro- Vide a device of the character specified, especialiy adapted for connecting to ladies shoes, wherein means is pifovided adapted to be arranged between the heel l5 and the sole to connect the heeii to the soie Without the use of nails in oonneotion with the sole.

In thedravvings-z Figure l is e vertical section through one 20 embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ias tener shown in Fig'. 1;

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. showin another `embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is :t top pian View of the soie;

Fig. 5 is a. perspective view the fastener shown in Fig. 3;

Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of other embodiments of the invention;

30 Fig. 8 .is t perspeitive `view showing it modified form of lug,

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs; l and 2, the heel l is Connected to the sole 2 by means of en angie pisteA` the 'has an .opening` 5 and a portion (i which 1 lts end rounded,

as shown. of the fastener 1s held in en h heel 1, With about haii the of of the heel, the seid face being shaped' t 4fit the soie, as shown.

A screw 7 is passed through the opening .5 into engagement with the heei. and the sole has n slot or opening 'or'pei'mitting the .passage of the poi'tion 6 oi"- the piste. Aften the portion 6 ,has been passed through L n openingin the soie, the portion extendm. sole is bent down upon the soie to the soie. It will be noticed that the soie isl countez'sunk to receive this poition so that there is no hump or obstruction et this point.

signed to assist in holding' the heei to the specification of 'Letten 'stent.

Application, filed Apii 3G, 19;'153.

Wooden heeis '6 :tie stineir Tae portion Je Serie-.1 12T-o. @mf/S2.

soie es en eueiiiimy to the "f 'lthe iiie. 3ft will he notice ,f-N-itlon show L., f 5, inclusive., fest-ansi con pises e piste 9 having; shape oi the u; per' end of Le Wooden heei i, the sei piste being adapted to it upon this fece o the heel and to eovei' the seine indien-te in 3. Tse plate does not extend to th edge of the heel et any point7 s shown i: Fie. i? and. the piste is provided with open ings foi. i'eoeiving screws il connectingl the piste to heei.

@n the upper aisee oit` the piste is s seiie of upstate e ings seing pso ioi enoss shaped vin in ii l between. the soie and the heeitne fasten-:rs to fasten the heei 'to the n Fig. is shown e modiied construction of spline? ing'. in this cens'tifnetion the piste 20, 'Whioh may he any oi shown, spnis oi ings Gated ei" 'feritetms indi' thiongii the soie pose of peventing the spie in thin'` ieether, thiongh 'We eis-ini: ineoinbinetion wit-i e siios hei-finge soie and a heel, means for se`uring the heel to said lugs being near the edges of the plate the sole, said means comprising a plate of to provide at Widel separzrlted points at: 1 0

-approximatelythe size of the top of the heel tachment for .the hee and having'meiis for vseciujing the same to HARRY VARWIG. 5 the heel, theiplate having lugs, the sole hav- FRANK CALDWELL.

Aing openings through which the. lugs ex- Witneses: l Jaen'd and the'said lhigs bein adapted to be GEO. J. HELFRIGH,

- beniJ o'wn upon the upper ace of the sole, MmDRED HEIS?. 

